PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ariobaldo Tavarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan OReily (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ariobaldo Tavarez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tavarez
vs
OReily

181 cm
24
200 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

185 cm
24
190 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ariobaldo Tavarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryan OReily!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tavarez gets the takedown into side control.
OReily manages to get back to half guard.
OReily is trying to control but can't.
OReily might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Tavarez kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

OReily looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Tavarez is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tavarez wants to pass to mount but OReily is defending the position.

OReily looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
OReily wants to control but Tavarez is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Tavarez keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavarez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. OReily defending well though.
OReily gets full guard.
Tavarez controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Tavarez cracks OReily with a solid left hand.
OReily has Tavarez pulled in close to control his posture.
Tavarez sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Tavarez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
OReily trying to control the position.

OReily looking for a guillotine here but Tavarez defends easily.
OReily looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

OReily working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Tavarez has passed into half guard!
Tavarez is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
OReily is looking to control Tavarez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can OReily avoid being mounted?
OReily avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tavarez.
OReily slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
OReily is pulling down on Tavarez's head to control his posture.
Tavarez sitting in guard here, content to control.

OReily has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Tavarez should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, OReily has tightened it up now! Tavarez should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ryan OReily!
Ryan OReily decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.